Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750981AbWAQPGE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:06:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751239AbWAQPGE (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:06:04 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:50091 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750915AbWAQPGA (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:06:00 -0500 Message-ID: <43CD07D5.30302@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:05:57 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Kernel CC: Andrew Morton Subject: sata_mv important note Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: For sata_mv users, you should be aware of three things: 1) The Marvell driver is experimental, and not yet considered ready for production use. As Kconfig notes: HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL. 2) There are PCI Message Signalled Interrupt (MSI) problems that are not yet diagnosed. Workaround is to disable MSI. [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 917 Lines: 26 For sata_mv users, you should be aware of three things: 1) The Marvell driver is experimental, and not yet considered ready for production use. As Kconfig notes: HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL. 2) There are PCI Message Signalled Interrupt (MSI) problems that are not yet diagnosed. Workaround is to disable MSI. 3) There are still some errata that are not yet implemented. Thus, for some systems, you may see either lockups or data corruption. That's the price of running a HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL driver. Rest assured that all problem reports are read, even if you don't receive a reply. After enough feedback is received, the exact problem becomes more clear. Jeff - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/